Robert Pattinson Reveals The Comics That Inspired His Take On The Batman
When preparing for a role, particularly in superhero movies, most actors tend to draw inspiration from classic comics. While The Batman director Matt Reeves was certainly influenced by works such as Batman: Year One and Batman: The Long Halloween, star Robert Pattinson borrowed from some unlikely source material for his upcoming portrayal of the Dark Knight.
The film follows Batman during his second year of fighting crime as he pursues the Riddler, a serial killer who attacks Gotham City's wealthy citizens. Since The Batman reboots the franchise without going over Bruce Wayne's origin story, Pattinson leaned on his research to understand the masked vigilante's motivations for donning the iconic suit.
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To find his way into the character, the actor looked into 1989's Batman: Shaman and, to a lesser extent, The Man Who Falls. Much like the upcoming film,Shaman is set during the early years of Batman's career, though it dives more into mysticism. «It's almost a dream state the whole time,» Pattinson recently said of the comic while speaking with Entertainment Weekly. «I was like, 'Oh, that hasn't really been touched on.' There's a kind of mysticism to it.» Pattinson also said that Batman: Shaman influenced how he moved in his new and improved Batsuit, explaining that he «wanted [it to feel like] a sort of druid.»
Moreover, Pattinson stated that the mysticism present in the comic helped him understand why the Gotham Police Department allows Batman to investigate crime scenes, as they likely see him as an other-worldly figure because of the Batsuit. «I was trying to play that, trying to think: 'How can you be a detective when you are wearing this outfit, which is the
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